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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 4 (April)
Radiology (April 2005)
April 2005 page 16-end
Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers
Radiology, 76942 (Q&A)
Question
Would it be appropriate to report
code 76942, Ultrasonic guidance for needle
placement (eg, biopsy, aspiration, injection,
localization device), imaging supervision and
interpretation, twice when there is more than
one lesion in the breast?
AMA Comment
From a CPT coding perspective,
code 76942 should be reported per distinct
lesion that requires separate needle placement.
Therefore, if several passes are made into two
separate lesions in the same organ (ie, two
lesions in same breast), then code 76942 would
be reported twice.
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